He is not an internet guy at all and its probably his biggest downfall. If you want his shop number PM me.

I have other things to take care of on the car at the moment but as soon as I can get a set of spare heads or take mine off I'll be getting this. Really curious to see if the S65 heads can be improved.

I have other things to take care of on the car at the moment but as soon as I can get a set of spare heads or take mine off I'll be getting this. Really curious to see if the S65 heads can be improved.

I hope you get your car sorted out soon.

I would recommend a spare set of heads as you can see from the first picture on post #139 - the local drag guys are fond of his work. With a new head design for him - he takes his time.

If you dropped some junkyard heads off with ALL of the required parts needed for a refresh - I would count on at least a month or two with a 50% deposit.

Based on the low-lift numbers after completing the head, he isn't too fond of messing any further with the ports or valve-seats on a normally aspirated car. A head for a forcefed S54 - ahem @normcaldwell - he has some more work he is willing to do. In my car's case, he was primarily worried about cleaning up the CNC marks without killing the velocity.

Got my attention.
Earlier in this thread, you'd noted how Dave will do certain things, or certain things a bit differently for a head used with FI. I'd like to follow up on this in the future.

Welcome!

Originally Posted by gojcaj

Nice to see some familiar names on another forum too. I need this headwork in my life! Combined with a CSL airbox and cams, I'd never sell the car.

A lot more guys on *THIS* forum actually have experience modifying vehicles... with their own blood and sweat as opposed to the keyboard commandos that now dominate the others. Another big advantage here is you can actually discuss the merits of other makes and models - oh my - without it turning into a fanboy therapy session.

If you do find a bare head laying around - damage is ok - PM me and I will give you Dave's shop number and we can get'r done.

I want some fancy headwork! Looking forward to seeing new updates on the build @stosh1

YES, you need to do it!

Originally Posted by KhanArt

Stan I think it's time you update this thread, it's technically almost winter. Get to work on the new head!

Here you go:

UPDATE 12/18/2013: Hey guys, just a quick update: The new cylinder head is here & looking awesome! Can't wait to swap out our 'home' ported head for this beauty sometime over the winter months. Without going into too much detail, I would say that this head would be 'comparable' to something like a VAC Stg III head. Also wanted to give a big shout out to Frank Smith (TTFS) for making this happen...can't wait to try it out buddy!

Hey man, thanx for the props, hope you enjoy the read. Are you building something similar?

No heads or cams in the near future but csl airbox in the next few years after I finish some other things. In all honesty though your car seems to be very similar to my end goal for my m3. What strut brace do you have. I was going to try and fit the bmw performance cf brace but I would much rather have one made for our cars.

No heads or cams in the near future but csl airbox in the next few years after I finish some other things. In all honesty though your car seems to be very similar to my end goal for my m3. What strut brace do you have. I was going to try and fit the bmw performance cf brace but I would much rather have one made for our cars.

Sorry guys, been busy for a while and some family health issues to deal with, but getting back to normal now.

The strut brace came from a buddy up in Canada, not sure where he sourced it from-sorry!

Very nice built and I understand very well how much you like the car with these mods!

Now slap on that pretty cylinder head

Thank you sir!

All in good time, but hopefully very soon. We're actually doing some more tuning on the current combo. before swapping over to the new head...not that there was any lack of power down low before, but we're concentrating on trying to build even more torque at an even lower rpm because this is primarily a street driven car. Had this been for a track application, we would have taken a different tack. Once this round of tuning is completed, and indy dyno's are conducted, we'll proceed w/the swap...should help to push the platform to the next level. Very, very excited!